tea

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常用用法

n. (名词)

tea的基本意思是“茶叶,茶树”; 也可指“茶水”,指用开水倒在晒〔炒〕干的茶叶上泡制而成的饮料; 还可作“茶点”解,指包括茶在内的一种小吃,这种小吃通常有三明治和饼干,有时称为午后茶点。
a tea指“一种茶,一客〔次〕茶点”,teas指“多种茶,多客〔次〕茶点”,tea统指“茶”。

词语辨析

n. (名词)

tea, breakfast, dinner, lunch, meal, supper

这组词均为餐名,一般不加冠词。其区别是：
dinner指正餐,多在晚上吃,也可指宴会; breakfast指早餐; lunch指午餐; meal指任何一餐; supper指晚餐; tea在英国,指下午茶。例如:
He asked me to dinner tonight.他邀请我今天晚上吃饭。
The dinner we had was excellent.我们吃的晚餐很丰盛。
I hope you will honour us with your presence at the dinner.我希望您能光临此次晚宴。
I have breakfast at seven.我在7点吃早餐。
We have lunch at noon.我们在中午吃午饭。
He had a light meal at home.他在家吃了顿便餐。
I have supper at six.我6点吃晚饭。
They are having tea in the garden.他们正在园子里喝下午茶。

下面两个句子的意思相同：

He invited us to tea.
He invited us for tea.
他请我们去喝茶。